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SUMMARY:PolyDoc Careers Seminar: Science Journalism
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Hillary Sanctuary\, Robin George Andrews\nThe PolyDoc Careers
  Seminar aims to expose students and postdoctoral researchers to a vari
 ety of jobs for which a science or engineering degree is highly valuable
 . Speakers provide personal perspective about their work\, which would no
 t be accessible otherwise\, and questions are highly encouraged. The EPF
 L community at bachelor\, master\, doctoral\, and postdoctoral levels ar
 e all equally encouraged to attend.\n\nZoom link: https://go.epfl.ch/scie
 ncejournalism\n\nSpeaker 1 – Hillary Sanctuary\, PhD (Mediacom\, EPFL)\
 n\nHillary Sanctuary has a PhD in theoretical physics on the topic of mod
 ified theories of gravity. She is now a science outreach professional at E
 PFL\, where she promotes EPFL research with media rich stories. Many of h
 er stories have been picked up by major news outlets around the world\, in
 cluding Associated Press\, Reuters\, the BBC\, Al Jazeera\, etc. She has e
 xperience putting together panels of scientists to promote EPFL research 
 – in the United States – on themes like neuroprosthetics\, understandi
 ng the brain\, and renewable energy. She has also worked with the EU commi
 ssion in crisis communication. Follow her @_hsanctuary on Twitter or @hil
 larysanctuary on IG.\n\nSpeaker 2 – Robin George Andrews\, PhD (science
  journalist)\n\nBiography\nRobin George Andrews is a volcanologist turned
  freelance science journalist. After a short stint in academia\, he decide
 d that telling stories about science was more entertaining than conducti
 ng science itself. Today\, he mostly writes about weird rocks and strange 
 worlds doing curious things for\, among other places\, The New York Times
 \, The Atlantic\, National Geographic\, Scientific American\, Gizmodo\, Q
 uanta Magazine and Atlas Obscura. He's also written a book about space vol
 canoes\, out later this year. Follow him on Twitter @SquigglyVolcano.\n\n
 https://robingeorgeandrews.com
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/69963927807
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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